Point of View Introduction

Read the examples below. For each one, state if the example is dramatic irony, situational irony, sarcasm, overstatement, or understatement. Then give a reason to support your answer.

Dr. Wells found a cure for a rare disease, yet his own children are constantly sick.

Lou got his sister from the airport. He picked up her suitcase to load it into the car and said, “What have you got in here? Bricks? Your luggage weighs a ton!”

In a mystery and detective novel, the reader knows that the thief is one of the workers at a store, but the other characters do not.

On Monday, Nevaeh found a diamond ring on the street. On Tuesday, she got a raise at work. On Wednesday, she won a new car. When asked how her week was going, Nevaeh replied, “Oh, it’s okay.”

Ted said to Bill, “I’m so glad all our teachers loaded us up with homework over Spring Break!”

In comic books and their related movies, the audience knows the true identities of the superheroes but most of the other characters do not.

A person publishes a post on social media complaining about how social media is a waste of time

Cori was running to avoid her brothers’ water balloon fight when she tripped and fell into a big puddle.